IN QUAINT, CURIOUS CROATIA
DRYING SARDINES, NEAR FIUME, CROATIA
We were told that the powers that be
have pretty well curbed liberty in Cro
atia. Since 1895, it seems, in Croatia no
one may form a literary or political or
ganization without permit therefor. One
needs to have a permit even to hold a
political meeting, and this, with other
parties than the reigning one, is with
held at pleasure.
Trades or labor unions likewise are
under the ban.
Press censorship is exceedingly strict.
Only a few weeks before the interview
our editor friend had copied out of some
Magyar paper an article anent a dispute
between the King and a certain Herzog.
The edition was confiscated at once for
lese majeste.
In Croatia a paper appears, say, at
1.30 o'clock. Before it may be issued a
copy is sent to the censor. If there be
anything therein objectionable to the
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